New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-08
WHAT YACHTSMEN ARE DOING.
TIM AMERICAN CLUBS NEW HOUSE.

tn ny LAUNCHED THIS wEEK-MR.
COLT WRITES TO CAPTAIN sAMUELs.
c-ouna will be broken tomorrow morning Ior 'ne
now clubhouse of the American Yacht CuD az Mii''n
Point The site. which was selected TWO months "s,
~ the extreme end OF Rye Neck, about mile
.na a half from the village OF Rye, two ana
h, miles from the house of the Larchmont facht ouo
and four miles from the Island purchaser ias' year W
the New Rochelle Yacht Club thirteen acres %
land are embraced In the American ~
grounds and from them on uninterrupted
.,o q, the Sound is had The building, which was
d.siened nv T. A. Sargent will be in the Queen Anne
style two stories IN height 12O feet long ana w eo
wide piazza 200 feet long and Is feet broad VIII eA
tend along three sides otne lower story ana a' one
gill he round observatory with its top 80 feet above tho
roof The rooms the first floor VIII De nhisheo III
orooon nine and mahogany, highly polished No plaster
will be used there any part OF the building Access
n the rooms in the lower floor will be had through na
way fourteen feet broad and twenty-five Feet long, at INC
right OF which will be large, oldiashohed hro-paoc'
where cord.wood will be burned. aud at tho left
he office and broad staircase with threo
spacious landings leading to the second moor
On tho ground floor will be paYlor twenty by Tor " ee
reading smoking billiard and coat rooms dinngr
si,tydye feet long and twenty-five feetwde httod WIN
two sets OF folding doors that may DO divided ho
three separate apartments barroom lavatory puters
nantrv kitchen, laundry, store-room ana
icehouse On the second floor there VIII
be sixteen sleepng-rooms. IL by 1S feet; bathroom'
ladies' toilet ROOM trunkroom, linen closet ana four ser
wants rooms. Above these will be an atuc through
which entrance to the and lighted with gas
made on the premises Near the main bul,ding sneus
~, hath bonses The clubs anchorage will DO In
Milton Harbor inside OF the Scotch caps MANS appea
tn humber of rocks at the entrance bridges
will DO sprung from the mainland to these rocKe ana
fishing pag'das Will DO IapSnap so hat
the start and In the regatta and races may De seen
from the pazzas OF the new h9u.e anu hdn The now
house and improving the grounds Is composed OF John
Kennedy George w Hall and H. A. taylor Iney
eInend about $50 In the work The officers OF the cup
for this year are: Commodore, William H. starbuck OF
the Lille n a ,aood Of tho SorwaSi
secretary II. A Taylor treasurer, W b. Dowd meas
urer, Charles r. Haswe Regatta @onner and
Innet . ,s,, 4, h,,n,
built for Joseph b. Hckney by the Harlan & Hollings
worth Company, at Wilmington viii be Launched cue IN
abont two weeks is about $50 feet long on the wa
fer line and her builders guaranteed that she VIII
steam fifteen knots hour. She has Trunk caoln eh
tending almost from stem TO stern Forward OF the
two large stateroons saloon ana u,nns I oT he
cached nv long passageway extending along the star,
board side OF the cabin The rooms LOT inc oneof' anu
Chester W. Chspns steel schOoneryacht Julia which
has overhauled by Harlan VIA rS oi
Wilmington and is expected to arrive IN Jew ao,n
Dor to-day or tomorrow she will he takeh AT once "a
Poons yard where her od Ss VIII Her ge race with the
sachem viii probably take place about the iuuie VI
Commodore A. Cass Canheds racer, the Priscilla Is ex
pected arrive at Poions yard from WiHg'Un of
tuesday. After being oyerhaued there she Will W Pu'
into commission at once. ~, .,,, g., ., 1s,v
Island has been completed and the loines are AT "orh
on her cabin In lenghening her foro ana az,
her line, have been lined b, aW .a.ysr ,S saa
ever She will jbboom this year. her heads'ays
all running bOwsprit thirteen feet long G.. oor ,bO
Tania viii be launched at high water on saturday Her
and Ss. a Ssn be RaT ali that viii be left to
do 10 put readiness for sailing VIII De 10 snip inc
centre board and trim the ballast A., 49,.
The schooner Rcsolute, which was recently Dousnt
from John T. BROOKS by G. A. Postey OF tne Se~- n1ra
h a anJ viii tbcn be virtually new boat She will have
new spsrs sails and rigging Her water inc ienstn nas
Length over ali, 1870 feet water line. ITO feet Tho
length OF her spars are forenast deck 10 houhu
msinmast deck to hounds IS feet nine inches with 10
feet maintopmas 40 leet lore DOOM ID eet,
gad 40 feet; bowspr out-board 81 feet llbboon Is
feet nche bboom polo feet. sP,nnsE ee SUo Of
steel wire standing rigging $500. 81, . - IL. ..t.
T. H. Janeway's schooner Elm Will not go INTO conH''S
Thomas iiarrss schooner Curlew Is being oyerhauled
JacoS Ioriarfs steam yacht Daring. which was built
last year. the screw dock at Marketst rccelVlhg
coat OF paint md having her bottom smoothed she VIII
ne nut into commission at once.
The owners OF Boston Post were the purchasers OF
William f. Clydes steam yacht, the ocean Cen. -,
William ArnlV S, ~ ,tev og,nrd by G. IT, Mallory
Dr T. q. LOrDg, jr, has sold the keel soOp Mlgnoneue
IN n nj member Of the New York Yacht Club
The racing catboat Lulu which has an almost
record Of successes sold yesterday TO l. r. hawkns
of south hmboy and will be enrolled IN the meet Oh INC
perth AInboy Yacht Club. She was built al No4hE,
Conn in 1881, for Chief Engineer WORTH oil inc steamer
The cat-rig boat Lapwing has been chartered by Nal
colin Graham of the firm OF schuyler Hartley ana Ora
ham for use this summer ON the Shrewsbury fnver.
g. A Fowler OF MOOdus. Conn, has bought inc keei
sloop Percy H. which was built at Boston dn 1854 anu
viii 'odd her 10 the w-iIayen Yacht Club heet -
Al tLe regular meeting OF the Larchmont Yacht Club
nj their club last night this new RUE ~ 10 s
onion OF boats adopted; Class Z 10 elhuIace
feet aud under 20 feet Class OF or eet ana nner ~
feet and Glass OF AZ feet and under 52 ieet Inc io
| lowing were elected members: - MI, .,..,,.u n
Black Frederick s. Salisbury THORNTON ~, sns s ~
X. True, George liafre Prentice sh chars re%er "
Gynn Mayhow W. Brinson, & A. NUM- 'sne S ~ nc'
John b. ps2Es Power % n Munroc Clarence do
William Arnold George w walsh Ch.uhSey w;
g. Bs1SS" ~ McNuity t. W G1aimey I. l. Mont
romery Frank u. Harmon and Frank X. sIurgis
The stories that Captain samuels and Mr. Colt were AT
ocgerheads owing differences OF opinion as 10 ne sa
ing OF the In the ocean race are us
proved by the following letter. received ny INC iorno
| yesterday:
safe and sound found your family IN good
health thank for your prompt am ana xg0[oa'
ments between during the trip across ia ehteP 70
how suc malicious reports eou ,, t hc
GOOD Of the ship the most hearty good VIII ANA a As
certain You are mat these rep ors .b haa been
with you the arrival OF he so
.Ty0u Ge BerS only hope you viii pay
this after return and only wl'h .a' you wo
some Eng yachts racing and return win me vo on s
yacht All board join with me In gooL wshes 10 you anu
win Iindest regards Mrs Samuels believe me-,
| w Most sincerely, CALDWELL u. coll,
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